An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) framework proposed by French financial market regulators AMF(l’Autorité des marchés financiers) has been accepted in parliament. France’s Minister for the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, confirmed the acceptance of the legal ICO framework in a recent tweet. The ICO framework drafted back in March seeks to protect investors by introducing a voluntary “ICO […]

The U.K. government has faced questions over whether it is actively monitoring the impact of the global crypto market downturn on the domestic blockchain industry, Finance Feeds reportsSeptember 18. Lord Taylor of Warwick is reported to have asked “Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that the value of cryptocurrencies in the United […]

The University System of Georgia (USG) announced the launch of a state-wide fintech academy on on Sept. 11. It is the largest education effort of its kind in the United States. While individual universities have offered blockchain courses, such as Stanford and NYU, Georgia is opening the program to all current students across all colleges in the state’s public university […]

LG Uplus, the cellular carrier subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate LG Corp., is set to trial a cross-carrier blockchain payments service for overseas travelers. Dubbed the ‘Cross-Carrier Payment System’ (CCPS), the project sees the LG mobile carrier arm collaborate with partners in Japan, Taiwan and the United States to enable global mobile payment services among […]

BMW Group financial services has announced its partnership with blockchain startup Bloom in a bid to streamline its customer journey and user experience, per a Medium post. Bloom helps to make the traditional lending process easier hence helping to reduce the risk that consumer data is exposed to. Individuals can secure their data on their local device and […]

By Laura Desmond Everyone asks: is the world ready for Blockchain? But more importantly, is Blockchain ready for us? 2017 was the year that blockchain made its way into the mainstream’s consciousness. To the outside world, today’s hot topics are “is Bitcoin a bubble”, and “where can I get Ripple?” But people are missing the point. They’re […]

The biggest Ponzi scheme ever was conducted by Bernie Madoff with an estimated loss of $20 Billion to 4,800 investors. What is scary is that when I look at those figures compared to the Blockchain ICO numbers from 2016 they don’t even look that big. There have been many ICO’s that have raised more than […]

A trio of technology companies including SoftBank, Uber’s biggest shareholder, has trialed a global payment service using a blockchain platform. Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., an IoT and messaging provider, has teamed with Japan-based telecom carrier SoftBank Corp. and blockchain technology provider TBCASoft Inc. on a cross-carrier payment service (CCPS) that will use TBCASoft’s blockchain platform and the Rich Communication Services (RCS) […]

An infrastructure defines the fundamental physical and organizational structures of any society or enterprise. For consumer goods and electronics manufacturers, their supply chain infrastructure consists of both physical and digital assets needed to get products made, transported from point A to B (and back) and sold to the end customer. It stretches across suppliers and […]

A handful of Aussie blockchain startups are in Shanghai this week, part of a government-backed trade mission that aims to strengthen ties between the two nations in the industry. The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), the country’s trade agency, and the Australian Digital Commerce Association are jointly organizing a delegation of domestic blockchain startups currently visiting […]